W5TQ / W5KA - Welcome to the Austin Amateur Radio Club

Keeping Austin Wireless since 1919

Welcome to the website of the Austin Amateur Radio Club, an active affiliate club of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) now in our 98th year! Our club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Applied Research Lab at 10000 Burnet Road.

Members are active in a number of specialized areas including Field Day, Contesting, Digital Modes, EMCOMM and ATV. Members can usually be found monitoring the 146.940 repeater (107.2). Come Join Us!

Note: This is a public website. No login is needed or available at this time. However, in the future (sorry, don't have a specific date yet), AARC members will have access to special, Members Only information upon login. Also, each of the top menu items are separate pages, in addition to the links below them.

Important: Austin Hands-Free Ordinance

Austin, TX has gone hands-free! No portable electronic devices are allowed while operating a vehicle or riding a bicycle. Find out what this means to hams and how we can be exempt. Check it out HERE!

WELCOME!

This is our brand new website! The pertinent previous content should all be online now. If there is something missing, email editor [at] austinhams.org with the details and we'll look into it. We're working on adding member registration, but we're not quite ready yet. Your patience is appreciated.

Youtube Channel

The Austin Amateur Radio Club has its own Youtube channel! Check out the link at http://www.youtube.com/user/austinhams. Be sure to check out our first viral classic, "Transmitter Hunting Basics".

News, Corrections, Additions?

Do you have something for our website?Upcoming event? Send us details of the event, including date & time, location, a description of the event, target audience (who's invited), and where to get more info (person or website).Correction to our site? Send the URL/Page name, what needs to be corrected, and what it should be.Additions? Feel free to send us technical or other Amateur Radio related information that may be of interest to our members. Information should be original or its license should allow redistribution, i.e. public domain, Creative Commons License, etc..